GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs GTX 260M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 260M
2009
1 GB GDDR3, 65 Watt
0.98

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms GTX 260M by a whopping 3713% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1103121
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Power efficiency1.0451.75
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG92AD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2009 (15 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1122560
Core clock speed550 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1755 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate30.80140.4
Floating-point processing power0.308 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
Gigaflops462no data
ROPs1632
TMUs5680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
SLI options2-way-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth61 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 260M 0.98
RTX 4050 Mobile 37.37
+3713%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 260M 379
RTX 4050 Mobile 14420
+3705%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 260M 4901
RTX 4050 Mobile 85660
+1648%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD29
−231%
96
+231%
1440p1−2
−5000%
51
+5000%
4K0−131

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−3333%
103
+3333%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1875%
75−80
+1875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2667%
83
+2667%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8400%
85−90
+8400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4750%
95−100
+4750%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1154%
160−170
+1154%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9000%
90−95
+9000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1943%
140−150
+1943%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−300%
120−130
+300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1875%
75−80
+1875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2267%
71
+2267%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8400%
85−90
+8400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−4750%
95−100
+4750%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1154%
160−170
+1154%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9000%
90−95
+9000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2300%
168
+2300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−710%
80−85
+710%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−300%
120−130
+300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1875%
75−80
+1875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2067%
65
+2067%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8400%
85−90
+8400%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1154%
160−170
+1154%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1971%
145
+1971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−700%
80
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−62.5%
52
+62.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9000%
90−95
+9000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−7400%
75−80
+7400%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−4100%
40−45
+4100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−3500%
36
+3500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4400%
45−50
+4400%
Hitman 3 7−8
−629%
50−55
+629%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 59
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−4700%
190−200
+4700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2133%
65−70
+2133%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 30−35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2500%
24−27
+2500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24−27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 24−27
Far Cry 5 0−1 21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 117
+0%
117
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 92
+0%
92
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70
+0%
70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 84
+0%
84
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+0%
47
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 53
+0%
53
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 26
+0%
26
+0%

This is how GTX 260M and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 231% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 5000% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4050 Mobile is 9000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is ahead in 43 tests (64%)
  • there's a draw in 24 tests (36%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.98 37.37
Recency 3 March 2009 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 4050 Mobile has a 3713.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M in performance tests.


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